Olavinlinna
Olavinlinna, also known as St. Olaf's Castle, is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi.
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- …lies at an elevation of 78 metres (256 feet)
- Description: medieval castle in Savonlinna, Finland
- Also known as“Olaf’s Castle”“Olavinlinna Castle”“Olof’s Castle”“Olofsborg”“St. Olaf’s Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Savonlinna Provincial Museum and Savonlinna railway station.
Savonlinna Provincial Museum
Savonlinna Provincial Museum is situated 340 metres west of Olavinlinna.
Savonlinna railway station
The Savonlinna railway station is located in the town of Savonlinna, Finland. Savonlinna railway station is situated 1 km northwest of Olavinlinna.
Saints Zachary and Elisabeth church
Saints Zachary and Elisabeth church is situated 750 metres northwest of Olavinlinna.
Olavinlinna
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Latitude
61.86399° or 61° 51′ 50″ north
Longitude
28.90169° or 28° 54′ 6″ east
Open location code
9GHCVW72+HM
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Olavinlinna” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أولافينلينا”
- Basque: “Olavinlinna”
- Belarusian: “Олафсборг”
- Catalan: “Olavinlinna”
- Chinese: “奧拉維城堡”
- Czech: “Olavinlinna”
- Czech: “Olofsborg”
- Danish: “Olavinlinna”
- Dutch: “Olavinlinna”
- Esperanto: “Olavinlinna”
- Estonian: “Olavinlinna”
- Finnish: “Olavinlinna”
- Finnish: “Olofsborg”
- Finnish: “Pyhän Olavin linna”
- French: “Olavinlinna”
- Georgian: “ოლაფსბორგი”
- German: “Burg Olavinlinna”
- German: “Olafsburg”
- German: “Olavinlinna”
- German: “Olofsborg”
- Hungarian: “Olavinlinna”
- Italian: “Olavinlinna”
- Japanese: “オラヴィリンナ”
- Japanese: “オラヴィンリンナ”
- Japanese: “オラヴィ城”
- Japanese: “オラビンリンナ”
- Latvian: “Olavinlinnas pils”
- Lithuanian: “Šv. Olafo pilis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olavinlinna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olofsborg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olavinlinna”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olofsborg”
- Norwegian: “Olofsborg”
- Persian: “اولاوینلیننا”
- Polish: “Olavinlinna”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Savonlinna”
- Russian: “Olavinlinna”
- Russian: “Olofsborg”
- Russian: “Олафсборг”
- Slovenian: “Olafsburg”
- Slovenian: “Olavinlinna”
- Slovenian: “Olofsburg”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Olavinlinna”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Olavinlinna”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de San Olaf”
- Spanish: “Olofsborg”
- Swedish: “Nyslott”
- Swedish: “Olavinlinna”
- Swedish: “Olofsborg”
- Turkish: “Olavinlinna”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Святого Олафа”
- Ukrainian: “Олавінлінна”
- Ukrainian: “Улофсборг”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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